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clout-nailed adj. Drunk and fixed in place with a large, unhelpful certainty. clouted (/klaʊtd/) adj. Sharpened by drink into a modest force of influence at the nearest table. Erana became clouted after two glasses and settled the question of crisps. clouted creamed adj. A drinker so far gone that he treats the thickest layer of the evening as a topping. cloutered adj. Drunk to the point where every minor disagreement invites a small, traditional blow. Desley became cloutered over the seating plan and tapped the table for emphasis. cloutied adj. Describing a drinker who has become a loose household rag, particularly near the washing-up. Rondle grew cloutied and spent the remainder of the evening beneath a damp tea towel. cloutinged adj. You have drunk enough to strike the furniture with confidence and miss it by a respectable margin. Ohm got cloutinged and challenged the coat stand to a bout near the stairs. clovamided adj. You are drunk and chemically persuaded that every handrail has a faintly medicinal aroma. Christon was clovamided, sniffing the banister as though it held the evening's formula. clove hitched adj. Of a drinker who has secured themselves to the banister with two hands and will not slip. Tiombe got clove hitched halfway upstairs and declared the banister structurally dependable. clove hooked adj. A drinker who grips the banister with overlapping hands, as though bending a stubborn length of chain. clove lilli pillied adj. A drinker so far gone that the tongue becomes a tropical fruit and the stairs acquire foliage. Jemarion got clove lilli pillied and asked the staircase which berries it recommended. clove pinked adj. The state of being drunk and fragrant enough to confuse a floral arrangement with a fellow reveller. Darshon was clove pinked, addressing the carnations while missing the first stair. clove-hitched adj. Describing a drinker who has made two firm connections with the handrail and cannot now let go. Yar was clove-hitched to the staircase, attached at two points and progressing nowhere. cloved (/kləʊvd/) adj. Of a drinker: pungent, unsteady, and liable to season every handshake rather more than intended. Kamarli arrived cloved and left a remarkably aromatic handprint on the stair rail. cloven footed adj. The drunkenness of one who has divided their footing and now negotiates each stair in two directions. Zayliah went cloven footed on the landing and considered both routes equally persuasive. cloven hoofed adj. Reduced by drink to walking with divided footing, each step arriving in separate portions. Madellyne became cloven hoofed and needed the banister for every second stair. clovened adj. Softened by drink into a fragrant, wandering balance that follows no dependable line upstairs. Shyana was clovened and followed the smell of cloves instead of the staircase.